Best vegetarian recipes for non-vegetarians?

gibson123

For really easy Go Italian

Bruschetta or mozarella and tomato and selection of olives to start.

lasagne (one veg one meat) cooked before-hand and heated on the night

Salad dressed with Italian dressing and garlic and herb bread.

lasagnes - vegetable and meat, just make one meat bolognaise sauce and one vegetable and tomato sauce, and a cheese sauce, for the veggy one put in courgettes and aubergine instead of meat. Build them in the same way and keep them in the fridge until you are ready to heat them up.

JulieM

Another nice 'cheesy' starter is breaded camembert. Aldi do a pack of 4, can't remember the price but less than £2 per pack. Serve with tomato chutney (or any other chutney) and a few salad leaves.

babyshoes

Halloumi - we have found that if you slice it fairly thinly, and fry in HOT olive oil until lightly browned on each side, it goes relatively crispy rather than squeaky. Nice with lemon juice. Suggest you try a piece before hand, so if it is too salty you can rinse the slices before frying and pat dry.

I am enjoying potato bakes at the moment, you can do them veggie with a bit of meat and a salad on the side. If you did sausages on the side you could offer your veggie friend a couple of veg sausages - though not all vegetarians like them, so worth asking her if she eats them before you buy any!

aneres

I'm doing 2 Lasagne's on Saturday one with Quorn and the other with mince.

bossymoo

What about a curry night?

Onion bhaji's are easy. spices, sliced onion, flour and egg mixed into patties then fried.

More onions and spices, fried down then blitzed when cool. A little water, tomato pur!e, and selection of veg / meat and cook till tender. Add yoghurt at the end for a creamy curry. Serve with rice. / naan breads.

I just use garam masala but you can buy eg tikka mix or other specific spice mix.

Enjoy your meal!

eleanor73

I was going to say curry too. In Jamie's Great Britain there is a curry which is veg but it is accompanied by skewers of spiced chicken for the meat eaters. I haven't tried it but it's post it noted for the next time I want to cook. Have a nice eve.

claireabelle_2

Had a lovely butternut squash and spinach lasagne in a pub last year with garlic bread - I'm not veggie but it was yum!

Mands

babyshoes wrote: »

Halloumi - we have found that if you slice it fairly thinly, and fry in HOT olive oil until lightly browned on each side, it goes relatively crispy rather than squeaky.

I suspect if you asked 10 people how they cooked their halloumi you'd get 11 responses

No oil, dry pan started cold. As it cooks it'll release from the pan. Good halloumi shouldn't squeak; if it does then it wasn't great quality or it was cooked for too long.

But, do you really want to serve it to a veggie? Like most cheeses it uses rennet and I've yet to come across one that uses artificial rennet. I'm not veggie by any means but I wouldn't give halloumi to a veggie guest without checking first.

What about a lovely veggie blue cheese, walnut and pear salad? Scatter a bag of leaves on plates, break the cheese over the top, sprinkle the nuts over and then top with slices of really ripe pear at the last minute.

Mands

morganlefay

Stuffed mushrooms for a starter ? Get big flat ones - or those ones that have curled up edges so you get a little flat cup. Stuff with breadcrumbs, lots garlic, herbs (fresh - chopped, or dried, rosemary would be good if chopped up very small, there are always rosemary bushes in car parks, public buildings so it'd be free) dribble of olive oil or a lump of butter on each, bake till all yummy,serve with bread to mop juices. Yum - may need to have those this evening !

daska

How about Rick Stein's lamb-stuffed aubergines? They'd be equally good with beef and cheddar (but leave out the cinnamon if you do this) if you want to reduce the costs and a veggie version would be easily done by frying some onions and mushrooms (and a few chestnuts if you're feeling generous). You'd be able to prep the filling in advance to give you as much time with your friends as possible.

Stuffed mushrooms are also good, a simple one I do sometimes is to season a Portobello mushroom (the big ones that curl up at the edges), break in a small egg and top with parmesan cheese and paprika (more for aesthetic appeal than flavour). Season again and bake at 180 (mine take about 25 minutes from a cold oven)